| US 7,512,874 B2 | ||
| Document information management system | ||
| Takashi Yano, Tokyo (Japan); Yasuhiro Tabata, Kanagawa (Japan); and Hisashi Ishijima, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/11,619. | ||
| Application 09/709503 is a division of application No. 09/120032, filed on Jul. 21, 1998, granted, now 6,356,923. | ||
| Application 11/011619 is a continuation of application No. 09/709503, filed on Nov. 13, 2000, granted, now 6,910,184. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 9-215869 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 1997; and application No. 10-052522 (JP), filed on Mar. 04, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0114351 A1, May 26, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—200 [707/3] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An information processing apparatus which receives a search key for inputting an unspecified number of documents on the
Internet into a specific search engine which targets the documents for a search, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of specific information in which information concerning the documents is
stored;
a selecting unit that selects any word in the documents as a desired word, wherein information in the desired word is the
search key;
an area receiving unit that receives a selecting of the desired word in the documents;
a displaying unit that displays a list of databases relating to the plurality of pieces of specific information stored in
the storage unit upon receiving the desired word selection;
a database election receiving unit that receives an election of a desired database from the list of databases displayed; and
a searching unit that makes the specific search engine search using the search key by sending the information concerning the
desired word received by the area receiving unit as the search key to the search engine for outputting a search result.
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